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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Most of the newly ordered maps redrawing Wisconsin's political boundaries for the state Legislature would keep Republicans in majority control, but their dominance would be reduced, according to an independent analysis of the plans.   Seven sets of new state Senate and Assembly maps were submitted on Friday, the deadline given by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to propose new maps after it ruled three weeks ago that the […]

Republican state representative Mark Born of Beaver Dam says an effort to recall Assembly speaker Robin Vos for not supporting Donald Trump is a waste of time and resources.  Backers of former president Trump have filed a petition seeking to recall Vos from office citing Vos's opposition to Trump and his not moving forward with impeaching the state's top election official.  Born says it's unfortunate that our politics have "gone to this level […]

With cases of RSV rising across Wisconsin, the Department of Health Services is urging pregnant Wisconsinites to get the vaccine to protect their baby from the virus.  As of January 10 there have been 1402 people in Wisconsin hospitalized with RSV this season, 580 of those are children under age two.   A different option to protect infants is a monoclonal antibody shot.  The RSV vaccine is also available to all adults […]

The Rosendale Brandon School District is seeking proposals for the sale and proposed use of the Rosendale Primary School property.   Superintendent Wayne Weber says after voters approved a $36 million building referendum last year, the Rosendale Primary School property will be vacated in the fall of 2025.   The Rosendale Intermediate site will serve grades 4k through 5 and the current Laconia High School will serve grades six through 12.   A new high school […]

North Central Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula — Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes (GSNWGL) is kicking off this year’s highly anticipated Girl Scout Cookie Program on Wednesday, January 17.  The Girl Scout Cookie Program, the annual event in which Girl Scouts unbox their futures through the world’s largest entrepreneurial program for girls, runs from January 17 – March 31, 2024. Girl Scouts will earn funds to fuel amazing […]

Two people were seriously injured in an ATV crash in Dodge County.   The crash happened Saturday night on the Wild Goose Trail south of Shady Lane Road. The  operator, a 31 year old Watertown man, was transported to a hospital with serious injuries. A  passenger, a 30 year old Watertown woman, received life-threatening injuries. The crash remains under investigation.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has ruled that the state’s top elections official is legally holding her position and that the commission that appoints her is under no obligation to name a new leader. The ruling Friday from Dane County Circuit Judge Ann Peacock hands yet another defeat to Republicans who have tried to oust Meagan Wolfe from her position. The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission deadlocked in June […]

DE PERE, Wisc. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman whose car was stuck in snow said she got some sports celebrity muscle from quarterback Jordan Love of the Green Bay Packers.   “He gets out of his car and he’s like, ‘Are you OK?’” Lucy Kurowski, 20, said “And I was like, ‘Are you Jordan Love?!’ I was fangirling.”   Kurowski’s vehicle was stuck Friday as she left a hair appointment in De […]

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